Grammar reference and practice 8.3

 

8.3 ■ Past simple: negative and questions

Past simple: negative form

Negative
I You He / She / It We They	didn't (= did not) study	German at school.

■  We form the negative of regular and irregular verbs with didn't + infinitive without to.

1Rewrite the sentences in the negative. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1She liked the film.

• 2We saw a cat in the road.

• 3My cousins wrote a book about Spanish history.

• 4Ned played tennis with his friend, James.

• 5I planted a tree in our garden.

• 6The children waited for their friends.

• 7I bought a new pair of jeans yesterday.

• 8The dog ate all the biscuits on the table.

• 
  

8.3 ■ Past simple: negative and questions

Past simple: questions and short answers

Yes / No questions and short answers
Did	I you he / she / it we they	understand the homework?	Yes, I did. No, we didn't.
Wh- questions
Where	did	I you he / she / it we they	go?
Who			see?

■  We make past simple yes/no questions with: Did + subject + infinitive + ?

■  We make past simple wh- questions with: Question word + did + subject + infinitive + ?

2Write questions in the past simple. 

You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.

• 1your friends / travel / to Sweden last year ?

• 2Where / your sister / find / her phone ?

• 3she / like / the ice cream ?

• 4What / Tom / put / on the table ?

• 5How / you / get / here ?

• 6you / remember / your book ?

• 7he / read / my magazine ?

• 8we / see / this film / last year ?

3Match the questions from exercise 2 to the answers. There are two answers that you do not need. Mark them "–". 

• aIt was in her bag!

• bHis phone.

• cNo, you didn't.

• dNo, we didn't.

• eOh no! I forgot it!

• fThey didn't.

• gNo, she didn't.

• hI rode my bike.

• iYes, they did.

• jYes, he did.